New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-17

the visitors were numerous. The delegation from
the Women's Committee was q strong one, though
one or two absences indicated the existence Of
dissensions which have not been less bitter for
being kept private.
The Regent Street scandal continues to be
burning topic. Thursdays meeting. though pre-
sided over by the Earl of Wemyss and addressed
by some prominent men, amounted to little and
passed q resolution Of mere generalities. The
papers generally discuss the subject as briefly as
possibly, but "The Daily Telegraph treats 1t
at some length from the point Of view of the
shopkeepers and general public both Of whom
would naturally like to see the streets kept
decent To "The Pail Mall Gazette this un-
savory subject is sweet and is daily worked up
by it at great length. That journal opposes
further restrictions on existing facilities for pros
titution.
The London theatrical season nears its end.
The Lyceum closes tonight with Mr.. tving's
benefit in "The Merchant of Venice but reopens
Monday with Nine. Sarah Bernbardt in "TheO-
DORA She appears during fortnight, but in no
new character. The St James's Theatre keeps
open another week. LADY Clancarty' having
steadily drawn crow led houses since its first
production. thanks chiefly to Mrs. Kendais re-
fined I'd spirited rendering # difficult charac-
ter. The c. urt Theatre closes tonight with
special performance, and never reopens, as the
building is to DC pulled down. "The Red Lamp
is lighted Tor the last time at the C-medy Theatre
but Will Re relightcd at the Haymarknt in Sep
tember OF which house Mr.. Bcerbohm Tree under.
takes the mai agement
Civil War at the Gaiety will perhaps make
way q fortnight hence for "1he Romance of
Poor Young Men which Mrs. Potter has always
been ANXIOUS to present to London audience
But this though positively asserted remains
doubtful.
Mr. Irving advertises the details of his Ameri-
can tour. He will play in four cities only,
beginning in New-York on. November z at the
Star Theatre and remaining five weeks lie
goes thence to Philadelphia for fortnight TO
Chicago for a month, and to Boston for month.
He ends with another five weeks in New-fork
and returns to the Lyceum in April next.
Mr.. Swinburne, it is announced, is about to
publish protest against what he considers
excessive hero-worhp Of Walt Whitman This
essay which he entities "Whitmania,r will appear
in August in "The Fortnightly Review. Mr.
Swinburne is understood to deny Mr.. Whitman's
claim to high place as q poet, though conceding
to him the possession Of intellectual power and
recognizing the originality and individuality Of
HIS character.
Messrs Sotheby, Wilkinson g. Hodge have
sold this week number Of first editions OF
modern and other authors at unprecedented prices,
which give in round numbers Matthew Arnold's
"Strayed Reveller, s35, and "Empedocles.' $2s
Beckford's "Vatbek," $50 Mrs. Browning's "Ser-
aphim,' s17; Rossetti's Ballads large paper
$50; Rusl1in's Modern Painters "StOnes of
Venice and "Seven Lamps Of Architecture the
set S325 Swifts "Gullvers Travels. s1o5;
Swinburne's Queen Mother" $25 and "Atalanta
s27; Walton's Lives s42; and Whitman's
"Leaves of Grass S42. Other remarkable
prices were q second Aldine Horace, $50; an
Elzevir Horace of 1876. bound by Trautz, s02;
a Baskerville Milton, uncut $50 and Basker
vile Shaftcsbury. uncut, $50 Pascals "Pensees,
first edition, $50. and "Trovinciales, $3.50 and
Walton and Cotton's "Angler." Pickering edition
s165. But no recent price has more surprised
collectors than the 81 900 given the previous
week for a first edition of the Angler, now
recognized as one of the rarest books Of the
Seventeenth Century.
The American Minister and Mrs. Phelps leave
town to-day for Wells, where they join Lord Cole
ridge on circuit and remain till Monday. Yes
terday's was the last reception Of the season at
the Legation in Lowndes Square.
Lord and Lady Herschell sail on July 80 for
New-York on three months visit TO the United
State and Canada. They will spend q few days
on their arrival at Newport. then go to Canada.
thence west by the Canadian Pacific to visit
California. Returning they will spend some time
in the chief eastern cities. Lord Herschell, who
was Lord Chancellor in Mr. Gladstone's last
Government, has long been known as one Of the
leaders of the English bar Of the best speakers
in the House Of Commons, and one Of the most
popular men in London G. W. S.
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